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BOISE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Promoting Foreign Relations Dialogue in Boise since 1945
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  • The second option is to be invoiced by selecting the "Offline" option instead of a credit card type. You can then pay at the meeting. However, if you do not cancel by the meeting cancellation date, then you will be expected to pay the invoice.
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  • The cancellation deadline is four days before the scheduled event, when event registration closes.
    • Email us if you are unable to attend and have questions about how to handle your payment.
      • With a cancellation before event registration closes, credit card payments can be credited to a member's account for a future event. If you would like a refund, please email us and we will provide a credit card refund. After event registration closes, your food has been ordered and we are obligated to pay our venue. Thus, after event registration closes, we do not offer a refund or credit.
      • Rather than ask for a refund or credit, many members prefer to donate their canceled event payment to a student member to attend in their place. In this case, the earlier you let us know about a cancellation the better. 
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Upcoming events

  • October 2025 Meeting

    • 14 Oct 2025
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Barber Park Education and Event Center, 4909 S. Eckert Road
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    Speaker: Dr. Iskander Rehman

    Topic: Learning from History: The Past, Present and Future of Great Power War (focus on Sino-U.S. relations)


    Bio: Iskander Rehman is a senior political scientist at RAND, where he focuses on applied history, grand strategy and defense issues. Prior to joining RAND, he was senior fellow for strategic studies at the American Foreign Policy Council and a visiting fellow at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

    Over the course of his career, he has worked at a number of different think tanks, such as the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy, Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and German Marshall Fund of the United States. A tri-national citizen, Rehman has lived in France, India and the United Kingdom and is the founder of the Rochambeau Dialogue, a Franco-U.S. Track 1.5 dialogue on defense issues that took place every year in Newport, RI, from 2018 to 2021.

    He is the author of Planning for Protraction: A Historically Informed Approach to Great Power War and Sino-U.S. Competition and Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy under Tiberius.

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  • November 2025 Meeting

    • 10 Nov 2025
    • 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • The Riverside Hotel
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    Speaker: Asha Castleberry-Hernandez, Senior Fellow, Diplomatic Courier and World in 2050


    Topic: The Future of U.S.- Middle East Policy: Navigating Geopolitical Challenges and Prospects

    Bio: Asha Castleberry-Hernandez is a national security and foreign policy expert, U.S. Army veteran, author of Why National Security Matters, and former U.S. Congressional candidate. With over a decade of experience in Middle East policy, she served as a Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs under the Biden-Harris Administration and held key roles in Kuwait, Iraq, and Jordan. A sought-after speaker, Asha has participated in high-level forums, including the MEDays Forum in Morocco, Erbil Security Forum in Iraq and the Foreign Policy Institute Black Sea Conference in Georgia. 

    Asha is a Senior Fellow at Diplomatic Courier and World in 2050. She is also the founder of the National Security 2050 Project. Asha recently served as a Cyrus Vance Visiting Professor at Mount Holyoke College, she has also taught at Fordham, George Washington, and Baruch College. A Major in the Army Reserves, Asha is a Council on Foreign Relations member, founder of the Diversity in National Security Network, Senior Fellow at the Diplomat Courier, and a recipient of numerous honors, including the Middle East Policy Council 40 Under 40. A graduate of Hampton University and Columbia University, with studies at Oxford and in China, she is frequently featured in both national and international outlets including CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, Fox News, BBC News, and many more. The 14th World Leaders Summit in Oxford recognized her global leadership in National Security. 

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  • February 2026 Meeting

    • 10 Feb 2026
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Barber Park Education and Event Center, 4909 S. Eckert Road
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    Speaker: Dr. Fabiana Perera


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  • April 2026 Meeting

    • 14 Apr 2026
    • 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
    • The Riverside Hotel
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    Speaker: Dr. E. William Colglazier, Former Science & Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State; Former Editor-in-Chief of Science & Diplomacy and Senior Scholar at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Former Executive Officer of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council





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